Sill assembly for corrugated walls



y 8, 1962 w. D. BEHLEN 3,033,331

SILL ASSEMBLY FOR CORRUGATED WALLS Filed Sept. 26. 1957 United States Patent Ofifice 3,033,331 Patented May 8, 1962 3,033,331 SILL ASSEMBLY FOR CORRUGATED WALLS Walter D. Behlen, Behlen Manufacturing Co., Columbus, Nebr. Filed Sept. 26, 1957, Ser. No. 686,377 3 Claims. (Cl. 189-34) This invention relates to corrugated sheet and metal panels and more particularly it is an object of this invention to provide a more efficient way to anchor the walls of such buildings to the foundations thereof.

Heretofore walls of buildings have been anchored to the foundations by means of a cap extending over the top of the footing and having flanges extending downwardly on the inner and outer sides thereof with a corrugated upstanding anchor flange welded to the cap to which the inner side of the wall is bolted. This prior art construction has had the disadvantage in that it is very expensive to weld the corrugated upstanding anchor flange to the cap, both because welding is a slow process as such and because the piece being welded is not straight but corrugated. Cost is of vital importance in prefabricated buildings.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a sill assembly in which welding is unnecessary.

Other and further objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description, drawings and claims, the scope of the invention not being limited to the drawings themselves as the drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating a way in which the principles of this invention can be applied.

A further object is to provide the concept of a sill base plate not only with a corrugated upstanding web, but, uniquely, one that is integral with a horizontal base plate providing a most unusual set of bends in the metal, and achieving lower cost, weldless, integral construction, by the concept of these unusual bends.

Yet other objects are to provide a sill assembly of great strength proportional to its low cost for resisting storm winds with violent horizontal tornado suction and pushing forces and forces that tend to lift the roof and sidewalls off of the foundation characteristic of mid-western tornadoes, being securely anchored.

Further objects are to provide a sill assembly all three parts of which are connected together by a single row of bolts for reducing their cost and their installation labor cost.

Still another object is to provide a sill assembly as described which lends itself to sealing against wind-driven rain of a sort such that the sealing is so placed that it will not come out of place with wall vibration in the wind.

Other embodiments of the invention utilizing the same or equivalent principles may be used and structural changes may be made as desired by those skilled in the art without departing from the present invention and the purview of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is an outside elevation of a section of a wall of a building and a portion of the foundation thereof;

FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of the parts shown in FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a view-in-section taken along the line 33 of FIGURE 2.

Referring to the drawings a foundation footing is there shown having one anchor bolt 12 imbedded therein. It is to be understood that the anchor bolts 12 are preferably one for each corrugation 14 of a corrugated wall .16, the entire view of FIGURES 1 and 2 representing one single large corrugation of such a wall, a pattern which is repeated continually along the length of the wall.

The wall 16 is formed of sections 24 which are overlapped along vertical edges and which are secured together by suitable bolts 26.

In accordance with this invention a two-part cap is provided having an inner section or base plate 30 and a complementary outer section or base plate 32. These sections each have horizontally disposed portions or base plates 34 and 36 which latter have straight outer edges joined to downwardly extending flanges 38 and 40 respectively which snugly fit down around the upper side of the footing '10.

The inner edge of the horizontally disposed portions 34 and 36 are joined to upwardly extending parallel anchor flanges or webs 44 and 46 respectively.

The flanges 44 and 46 are disposed tightly against each other and have suitable openings 48 therethrough which are disposed in alignment for receiving bolts 50 which latter extend through the respective outer section or wall panel 24 for anchoring the latter to the anchor flanges 44 and 46.

At the point of overlapping between two wall panels 24 the bolt 50 extends through suitable aligned apertures 2 in each outer wall panel.

As thus described it will be seen that the bolts 50 attach the outer Walls 24 to the anchor flanges 44 and 46 and also attach the anchor flanges 44 and 46 together.

The inner cap section 30 has apertures extending vertically therethrough, one of which can be seen at 60 in FIGURE 3, for the purpose of receiving the anchor bolts 12 whereby nuts 62 on the bolts 12 firmly anchor the inner cap sections 34 to the foundation footing 10.

Suitable sealing material 66 is used to fill any spaces that might exist between the snugly fitted cap sections 34 and 36 and the upper side of the foundation footing 1-0.

This construction lends itself well to the laying of a slab floor of conrete or other suitable material on an inner side of the footing 10, as best seen at 70, in which case it is preferred that an opening be left at 72 adjacent the innermost downwardly extending flange 38 of the inner cap section 30 whereby grout or other suitable sealer can be used to fill the opening 72, as best seen at 76.

As thus described it will be seen that the two cap sections 30 and 32 are cooperatively shaped to form a unit in which all parts are formed of sheet metal without expensive welding.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a sill assembly for corrugated walls constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use, by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof, and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice, except as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a corrugated building wall, the combination which comprises a generally horizontally disposed outer base plate having an outer edge provided with a depending flange and having an inner edge provided with an upwardly disposed corrugated web, a generally horizontally disposed inner base plate having an outer edge provided with a depending flange and having an inner edge provided with an upwardly extending corrugated web, a foundation wall upon which the base plates are positioned, the depending flanges of the base plates being positioned adjacent side surfaces of the wall, an upwardly extended sheet of material having vertically disposed corrugations therein positioned against the upstanding corrugated web of one of said base plates, fastening means for attaching said webs and said sheet together, and means attaching the inner base plate to said foundation wall, each of said base plates being integral with its web and flange.

2. The combination of claim 1 in which the lower edge of said upwardly extending sheet rests upon and is supported by the top of said outer base plate.

3. The combination of claim 1 in which sealing means is disposed between said foundation wall and at least one of said base plates where it is unlikely to become displaced. t

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Dickelman May 22, Voigt Nov. 26, Wagoner June 29, Troedsson Mar. 26, Howe June 9, Hammitt et al. Dec. 29, Jones July 6, Krauss et a1 Nov. 22,

FOREIGN PATENTS France Dec. 9, 

